Handle for fishing rods



April 18, 1950 J. CARLSON HANDLE FOR FISHING RODS- Filed Oct. 23, 1947 IW 0 r r 5 Z 2 a/ 1 i Patented Apr. 18, 1950 2,504,801 HANDLE FOR FISHINGRODS Joseph Carlson, Romeo, Mich.; Marie E. H. W.

Carlson executrix of estate of said Joseph Carlson, deceased ApplicationOctober 23, 1947, Serial No. 781,736

1 Claim. (Cl. 4322) The present invention relates to a fishing rodhandle having improved means for detachably securing a removable reelthereto.

A general object of the present invention is to provide an improvedmechanism for detachably clamping the base portion of a fishing reel toa handle, which mechanism permits a reel to be quickly and easilyattached or detached from a handle and which mechanism is rugged inconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely simple, and is soconnected to a handle that it may not be accidentally disengagedtherefrom and thereby become lost.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the followingspecification, the accompanying drawing and the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the improved handle showing aportion of a fishing rod mounted therein;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section taken along the line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1 takenalong the line 44 thereof.

Referring now to the drawing, the handle of the present invention issimilar in certain aspects to the handle illustrated and described in mycopending application for Letters Patent Serial. No. 640,041, filedJanuary 9, 1946, now Patent No. 2,433,197, December 23, 1947;andcomprises three main portions, namely, a main grip 5, which may bemade of any suitable material such as plastic or compressed cork; anintermediate portion forming an ofiset reel seat 7; and a front portionforming a rod socket 9 adapted to receive the butt end of a rodindicated at H. The entire handle of the construction including theshank portion (not shown) which projects within the main grip ispreferably formed as a single integral casting. The reel seat I isdownwardly offset with respect to the rod socket 9 and is connected tothe latter by means of an ofiset front portion Ill.

The rod socket 9 comprises a generally tubular projection l3, therearward portion of which is integrally connected to the reel seat Ithrough the offset portion Ill. The tubular portion [3 is provided withan axial bore l5 which is a straight cylindrical hole drilled entirelythrough the tubular projection, and is of the proper diameter to fit thecylindrical butt end I! of the rod I I. The rear portion of the tubularprojection I3 is provided with a transverse slot 19 which extends theaperture 35.

entirely across the projection from one side to the other, intersectingthe bore l5, and which is located in close proximity to the rear end ofthe bore. An internally threaded sleeve 2i fits freely within the rearportion of the bore l5 and is adapted to be threaded on a threaded stem23 which is integral with the butt end I! of the rod l I. A thumb wheel25 is securely press fitted about the sleeve 2| and lies within thetransverse slot 19, thus serving to hold the sleeve 2| against axialmovement within the bore IS. The diameter of the thumb wheel 25 isslightly in excess of the diameter of the cylindrical portion !3 withthe result that the knurl periphery of the wheel may be grasped androtated in order to thread the sleeve 2| on the stem 23 or vice versa.Thus, by turning the thumb wheel 25, the butt end of the rod H can beclamped to, or released from, the handle.

The present invention relates particularly to means associated with thereel seat 1 and the offset portion It for detachably connecting the baseportion 26 of'a reel (not shown) to'the handle. As best shown in Fig. 3,a lever or finger 21 is pivotally connected to the intermediate portionof the handle, forwardly of the reel seat I, by means of a pin 29. Thelever 21 includes a rearwardly projecting nose portion 28 whichoverhangs the front end of the reel seat I and is adapted to move towardand away from the reel seat I in a plane perpendicular thereto. The freeend of the nose portion 28 is beveled on its underside at 3| so that theforward end of the reel base 26 may be inserted thereunder in arelatively easy manner, as will hereinafter appear.

The offset handle portion ill is formed with a forwardly projectingcylindrical boss 32, spaced between the handle tubular portion l3 and aforwardly projecting bottom lip 33. The ofiset portion It and the boss32 are provided with an axial internally threaded aperture 35, extendingentirely therethrough and disposed substantially below the rod socketbore l5. A screw 31, having a knurled head 39, is threaded rearwardlyinto The knurled screw head 39 is recessed at 4| so as to encompass theboss 32 when the screw is threaded into the handle ofiset portion. Sheshank end of the screw 31, when the latter is threaded rearwardly in thehandle, is adapted to abut the back face 45 of the pivoted lever 21,adjacent the upper end thereof, soas to pivot the lever nose portion 28downwardly and detachably clamp the reel base 25 on the handle reel seatI. When the screw 3'! is backed ofi by means of the screwhead 39, thepivoted lever 21 is free to pivot in a counterclockwise 7 direction andthe reel base 26 can be lifted from the reel seat by pivoting the noseportion 28, upwardly, out of the way.

After the screw 31 is assembled into position, a tubular front grip 49is fitted on the tubular portion l3 of the rod socket 9, and is fixedthereto in any desired ma'nner, either *byfa -gpress fit or bycementing' it in place. The rear ":face ofthe grip member 49 abuts ashoulder 5| formed on the tubular portion l3 and overhangs a portion ofthe 'kn-urled screw head 39, forwardly of the latter, so as not tointerfere with the operation of the screw but so as to prevent lzundueibaclsin ofi of the same. Preferably, .the grip member 49 prevents thescrew from backing off beyond the point where the rear rend oftheflscrewsshank reenters the aperture 35.

In order to clamp thereel base 26 in the handle' reel seat portion 1,thejorward end of the reel th e is in erte underneath the :ov.erhaneineI nose portion 28 of the pivoted :lever 132 @and the reel 'Jease seatedon the reel ;se .t,-- The beveled end 1: l :of the'le r nosepention A8:pre mi s th t be easi y a c mp ished- The reel base is then sli rerwardly 9 72 13 eel seat :until .it en a es a :customary notch in theback :wallof the latter. fliheilevermose portion 328 st llverhangs thereel .hase 12.6 and -.m order to plane the latter-in place $11.1isqrexvi'l isilligltitened bygtnrning the knurled head 39 and ife dingztheqserew rearwardly inntil it abuts, he lever and ielamps :theroverhaneins nose p t en -28 rdown ti htly 1m thezfmnt end of the:re'el'base v2.6- :The reelbaseri hen clamped to lthe reel sea be ween te awaita raised side fl nges 5n and hence :oannotsmove zielative iotheseat untilftihe 3;! is. backed Qoffaway .fmm the pivoted .ilever5211...; When the latter is accomplished, the'reel base can beremovedifrom the handle :by :mereiy flitting it up above the gfianges:50, andswingingthe front endpf the :reel

l ter lly :away :from :.1ev.er ,21 As approximately only onezpr ;twortnrnszof the screw :3'I-xwi11 clamp or release the reel base 26 on thereel seat I, the front grip member 48 will not interfere with theoperation of the screw 31 but will prevent the screw from beingunthreaded from the handle and lost. g

It will thus be seen that the handle of this invention employs amechanism which will perjmitii fishingirel to be easily attached to ordetached from thehandlepand provides'a neat appearing handle of a ruggedconstruction having no detachable or projecting parts which may becomevlostoncatch on a fishermans clothing.

I claim:

tion rforminga rod socket, a portion rearwardly disposed and offset-withrespect to the frontporztionlandioizmingya reel seat, a lever pivotallyconnected to said reel, seat portion and having a=portion thereofoverhanging a portion of said 7 reel seat, a headed screw threadablyconnected ?:in :the-ioffi'set portion of said handle zbetWBQIl :saidsocket and reel seatportionsyand extending wearwardly into contact.withrsaid pivoted lever ronian axis parallel to and-.ofiset sfrom.said'srod socket so that :said clever :may-be swung :into reelxclampi-.ing positionhy .gadjustin-g said :headed zscrew, .:a-n-d :a front "gripmember :fitted over and rfixed :to a portion :of said rod-socketforwardly of the screw headzandgforming alimitl stop for :the head ofthe screw :to .retain the screw :a' ai-nst complete qenga ementffmm saidhandle.

' iIQfiEPH QARLSQN REFERENGES omen r The tel-lowing -reierences are ofrecord in the file of-th'ispaiterrt: i Y

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